Thursday, 9 February 2012

Be Thankful for What You Have ..............

as one of my favourite stamps is "Be thankful for what you have" which I thought came from an English poem. How wrong! googling it reveals that Oprah Winfray is the instigator of this quote! Anyway I still love it and of course it is so true.

I have been making some different kinds of paper flowers this week having seen a number of new tutorials around various sites. This flower is made from cardstock from the Tim Holtz Co-ordinations Distress Collection which is quite thick and a bit difficult to mould but dries an absolute treat! I used Donna Salazar's Rose dies and it reminds me of an old English hedgerow rose.

Our local picture framer gave me a whole bag of offcuts which are super for making a hanging and the white core card seems to take Distress Stains beautifully without bubbling up.

Do have a look at the entries into this challenge as the entries are very varied and there is some stunning work. Many of the quotes would be good inspiration for scrapbookers too.

6 comments:

Stunning! Love the rose and the quote too and it is a lovely composition. I have some of that mountboard but find it difficult to cut through so don't make the best use of it ... I really should try harder as I'd love to make something as beautiful as this :) Elizabeth x

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Live the Dream is all about my creative journey which seems to be continually evolving!
My style is shabby vintage mixed media and I am passionate about making my own flower embellishments. I love sharing my work either in tutorials here and on Design Team blogs and also at workshops here in Shetland.
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